Episode 26: ADHD Awareness Month Special - ADHDAF Listeners Speak

We conclude ADHD Awareness Month with this VERY SPECIAL Episode in which some of our amazing listeners share what they want the world to know about ADHD. The theme for ADHD Awareness Month 2022 is ‘Understanding a Shared Experience’, and we feel incredibly privileged to be able to use our platform to empower our listeners to share their ADHD experience with the world! Back in August we ran a campaign on our socials called  ‘It Only Takes a Minute ADHDAF’ in which we asked followers to share a one minute video or voicenote to volunteer their voices to raise awareness about ADHD. This is what it was for. As we always say, we are not therapists, experts or coaches, just two late diagnosed ADHD women sharing our personal experiences in the hope that they help others. In the last six months since launching we have been completely blown away by the impact ADHDAF has had. So we know the importance and value of opening up about the realities of living with the neurodevelopmental disorder. The ADHD online community has been such an enormous help to us both as we ride the late ADHD diagnosis rollercoaster. We are so grateful to have found so many like us, and to have had so many join our Leopard Print Army for ADHDAF Day on Friday 21st October. Together we thrive; and we believe that together we can incite systemic change! THANK YOU SO MUCH to everyone who took part in this very special episode,  ADHDAF Day, who sent selfies to be a face of ADHDAF, and to all of our listeners, followers and guest speakers over the last 6 months. We REALLY REALLY appreciate you all! Big loveL & D xxIf you would like to make a donation towards Dawn’s diagnosis you can via this link: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/adhdasfemalesYou can also buy incredible handmade ADHDAF merchandise from collaborative collections with incredible creatives: Working Clasp & All The Discos here: https://www.adhdasfemales.com/merchandise*Trigger Warning - this episode features strong language and sensitive topics that some may find distrurbing, including: suicide, eating disorders, severe mental health struggles, Support the show

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Late diagnosed ADHDer turned Activist Laura Mears-Reynolds invites you aboard the late ADHD diagnosis roller coaster!   After a lifetime of unknowingly battling a brain disorder and feeling like an alien, I’ve discovered there’s a whole planet of us! YOU ARE NOT ALONE! Join me and the Leopard Print Army in  ‘unmasking’ and owning  our ‘TOO MUCH’-ness! With the help of very special guests, including the likes of: bestselling Authors Clementine Ford & Davinia Taylor, ITV This Morning's Dr Nighat Arif,  The ADHD Adults, ADHD Love, Catieosaurus, Life Actuator, BBC Morning Live’s Riyadh Khalaf, Forever Yours Betty, Adulting ADHD and many more! Only an expert by my own lived experience which I share with a hope to help others and push for systemic change so that ADHDers can be treated both medically and with the respect they deserve. Together we will make change happen! (And we can have a few laughs along the way at the most ADHD things we’ve done!) All episodes prior to Oct ‘23 feature & were edited by Dawn Farmer.  Laura continues the ‘safari’ solo, as hell hath no fury like a ‘hun’ late diagnosed with ADHD.